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Roquefort Cheese Dip

Dazzle your guests with this simple, tangy dip!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Roquefort Cheese Dip

Why it works: Roquefort cheese and cream cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Roquefort Cheese Dip

Serves 8
Prep5 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

454Calories
18 gProtein
27 gFat
37 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Roquefort Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Roquefort cheese + cream cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Cream cheese + milktop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,393 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  3. Roquefort cheese + milktop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  4. Milk + sugartop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together77,875 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Onion + milktop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together13,418 recipes

    Shared aroma: hexanal (green, grassy).

Milk and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 77,875 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (roquefort cheese, cream cheese, milk, sugar):

  1. Potatofits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Chivefits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against roquefort cheese, cream cheese, milk, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.